Ikebukuro is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.
Ikebukuro station, which is the second busiest station in Japan, second only to Shinjuku Station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits.
On the other hand, in Higashi-Ikebukuro, which spread the east side of Ikebukuro Station,unpretentious streets and houses still remained.
But, now, in a redevelopment project, the district are changing into a street of office buildings.